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Okay. I know that many of you appear to be lukewarm at best towards collage. This makes me sad! I guess because I like doing collages…I’d like everyone to think that they are as super fascinating as I think that they are. What about Kurt Schwitters? Who’s that? Well…only a super talented artist who did COLLAGES. Take a look. See? No? It doesn’t grab you? What about this one?

I also love Robert Rauschenberg. A lot. If anyone has one of his works that they are tired of, I would happily swap almost anything that I have for one. So, take a look at this. Or what about this? I really love that last one. If you happen to own it, email me to see if we would work out some kind of swap.

I think that most people think of collage as just stuff that one’s kid does in school. Here is a collage that my son did:

Very cute, right???? I love it. I also love how the kite is “upside down”. But why not? This often happens when flying a kite, right? But I think that most of us would have oriented it differently. I love that it’s upside down.

So, while I love looove this collage by my son…I do think that there is a difference between his collage, and the collages of Rauschenberg and Schwitters. No? I remember that Picasso has that famous saying, “I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child.” Isn’t that brilliant? Sigh.

Anyhoo, I have a woodblock class tonight. Luckily, I have a new block to print! I also did a collage today, which got me started on this whole topic again. Comments anyone? Thoughts? Suggestions? Likes? Dislikes? Are there any collage artists out there to add to this one-sided discussion?